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Re:An update on Better Ads (Chrome native ad-blocking) by namelost on Tuesday December 26, 2017 @09:46PM (#16012481)
No matter how benign an ad looks, it is probably still loading a ton of javascript from dubious places. Ads are a perfect distribution system for malware, and the best strategy is to just disable the whole thing as comprehensively as possible.

I'd rather my favourite website goes offline than my bank account gets hacked.

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Re:An update on Better Ads (Chrome native ad-blocking) by Dylan16807 on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @03:03AM (#16013531)
I could see us getting to a place where ad networks that allow third party javascript are blocked. That's probably enough to deal with most malware worries, even if it's not perfect.
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